Photo: Tootoo gets a Diamond Jubilee medal

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Jordin Tootoo (centre), who plays hockey for the Nashville Predators, poses this past weekend in Rankin Inlet with Nunavut Commissioner Edna Elias (right) moments after she presented him with a Diamond Jubilee medal, created to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne. Some 60,000 Canadians will receive Diamond Jubilee medals throughout the year in recognition of their accomplishments. (PHOTO COURTESY OF J. TOOTOO)